Miva Merchant 2.21
Release Note 

Miva Merchant 2.21, released July 26, 2000, adds the following functionality:

I. German Translation
	Miva Merchant 2.21 is available in a German language version. Because Miva
	Merchant now support German merchants, we have added the following payment
	and tax modules:

	A. German Payment Processing
		The following payment methods have been added to the German version
		of Miva Merchant 2.21.
		
		BANKEINZUG - Electronic funds transfer where the customer needs to 
		supply four values:
			1. Kontoinhaber (account owner if different from buyer)
			2. Kontonummer (account number)
			3. Bankleitzahl (bank-code)
			4. Bank (bank name)
		VORAUSKASSE - The customer prints out an order form and mails it to
		the merchant along with payment.
		
		NACHNAHMEN - This is a COD method of payment.
		
		ÜBERWEISUNG - The customer receives the printed invoice with the 
		ordered products, then submits payment electronically.
		
		CyberCash 2.1.2de - As of Miva Merchant 2.21 connecting to the 
		CyberCash server via SSL is supported.

	B. German VAT Module
		Provides calculation of the German Value Added Tax. German VAT has 
		multiple categories of products. Each category is assigned a rate, 
		which may change from time to time. Shipping is taxed at the rate at 
		which the highest dollar amount of products is taxed.

		There is a checkbox that allows the merchant to indicate that their 
		product prices already have VAT applied.  If checked, VAT (on products) 
		are reverse-calculated and displayed, but not included in the total.

II. Customer Logout
	In the "Account" information screen, customers will now be able to click on a 
	button to log out.

III. CyberCash
	The CyberCash module ensures that order has a unique order number during 
	authorization.

IV. Invoice Changes
	The date and time the order was taken has been added to the invoice.

V. Sales Tax Calculation
	Shipping charges are now calculated before tax. Therefore tax may now be 
	charged to shipping charges. Each shipping module has a method for you  to 
	designate whether tax is to be charged to shipping costs.

VI. Support for Updated UPS Protocol
	The UPS Shipping Module has be modified to support version 1.2 of the UPS 
	protocol. UPS will no longer support the existing version as of Sept. 30, 2000. 
	The new shipping module requires the UPSRSS commerce library which is 
	distributed with Miva Engine 3.72.